Maybe some of you can help me with a project I am working on

[Pax]

I hope the study accounts for age, gender, and former experience as a LEO. I was one in my 20's so my answers are probably very different than non LEO's.

[bmccasland]

I was mentored to go into law enforcement (park ranger/game warden) "back in the day" as the majority of the jobs in wildlife management happen to involve some amount of law enforcement . To promote out of my "technician" positons would be to an Enforecment position. The guys I worked with pointed out that my small stature (5'3") wasn't that important, as much of the ability to control a situation is mental. I could be taught to defend myself hand-to-hand - most martial art champions aren't exactly big burly guys. Their biggest concern was my bad eyesight (without corrective lenses). As a park ranger / game warden, I could probably get a waiver, where it might be more difficult if I wanted to be a city cop or sheriff's deputy. For a variety of reasons, including federal and state hiring freezes, I never got the coveted Park Ranger job.

[shootingstar]

I have not looked at this survey link, but size and strength of person shouldn't be always (although sometimes) absolute deciding factor for law enforcement, firefighter..

Come on, in some countries, some men are not as big as North Americans (because of diet, genes) yet they are still police officers, firefighters, construction workers.

Look at the photos of Asian men in the army, police,firefighting, etc. in those countries.

Size, strength cannot be the only defining factor to select a candidate.

[OakLeaf]

I started the survey, but the assumptions implicit in the questions were so limiting that I quit. Not that I'm contemplating another career anyway.